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It depends on your preferences. The actuator arm was not a biggie for me, I did bend them in a bit though. Bigger issue( in my eyes ) was the hight. I ended up shortening the legs and oleos to mimic the weighted stance. And again its very subjective. EDIT: The picture below can illustrate the difference. D9 unaltered, D15 weighted . Please look at the nose angle as an indicator.

Amazing build. Super realistic finish and excellent detail. Welcome to the forum Mike. Cheers Martin

Busy table. Amazing work as always.👍

She's pretty, don't you think?

As always BEAUTIFUL work !!!

I like your attention to detail Phil, methodical and crispy clean work. Joy to follow. Cheers Martin

THIS GUY?

An old Airfix Annual Magazine, I mean OLD one, before my times old contained this article. Our hobby has moved a notch, but I am going to hang it here anyway. Purely for nostalgic reasons.

My first jump was from Mi-17 with the cargo doors removed, good times

Another picture of the executive Mustang seat. Those cushions would not be the case for military orders. .

Yes indeed. It's a nice kit, I got one from Ernie long time ago and traded it for something silly. Almost immediately regretted . It took me a while to find another one.

A million dollar question :), I would say based on the pictures I posted at the very beginning and by John's first picture above, the seat was fabricated in the house. Back of it and the head rest is visible, so as the shoulder harness, yet the bottom part is not. It would be safe to say, that it has bucket just like the front one to accommodate the parachute.

Very nice reference material and exceptional service from WWP, simply MADE MY DAY!

this should do

The first two pictures show the standard setup wit a small lip and two "holes" placed vertically , the earlier version has the riveted rings, not so common on A5/6.

The first picture shows the civil version of Cavalier setup, you can see the air-conditioning vents in the canopy frame. It is 44-73454 N2051D The second one is not a Cavalier Mustang, 45-11495 N5551D Personally I wouldn't be so hooked on the second seat story, unless it was a dedicated two seater or converted /in field modification. Also the seat used by Cavalier was of a similar design as the front Warren-MacArthur 243 seat. The conversion set has it wrong.

Looks like two different aeroplanes John, could you specify the serials. Also the lower picture harness looks like a retrofit , post 1986, when FAA placed harness requirements in effect.

Hold my beer

South African firefighters came to help, thank you guys 🤘

https://topqualitycanada.ca/2023/06/05/2023-the-year-of-wildfires-in-canada/ article with some numbers, funny hoe our officials are trying to chuck it asa result of the ever-present "global warming" phenomena , statistics say otherwise

Beautiful aeroplane though

Looking really good John.👍